About the Author

Mike has written more than a dozen books, all of them about the Georgian era. He started when a fascinating cache of family papers inspired him to write The Journal of a Georgian Gentleman. With Pen & Sword his titles include In bed with the Georgians -Sex, Scandal & Satire; Trailblazing Women of the Georgian era; Pirates and Privateers in the eighteenth century; Crusoe, Castaways and Shipwrecks; Trailblazing Georgians -the unsung men who helped shape the modern world; and Sex and Sexuality in Georgian Britain.

While not writing, he spends his time talking on eighteenth century topics both in Britain and abroad, and in particular on board cruise ships. He travels extensively but his home is in Dorset.